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Written by Sandy LeonVest
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Monday, 01 March 2010 |
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 Anyone whose mission it is to ‘control the masses’ knows it all begins with good marketing. Public relations aficionado Edward Bernays understood that. One of the country’s original PR flacks, Bernays is perhaps best known for forging the decades-long marketing alliance between the AMA and the tobacco industry. The ‘Father of Spin,’ as he is known, also played a major role in the marketing and selling of the First World War to the American public with his now infamous slogan, "Making the World Safe for Democracy."
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Written by Mark Engler and Arthur Phillips
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 |
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 Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, Inc., the maker of “Vermont’s Finest” super-premium ice cream, was one of the feel-good business success stories of the 1990s. In addition to introducing frozen dessert lovers to now-famous flavors such as Cherry Garcia and Chunky Monkey, the company trumpeted its ability to make money and do good in the world at the same time. It publicized its decisions to buy ingredients from local farms, its refusal to use milk produced with bovine growth hormone, and its commitment to contributing 7.5 percent of all pre-tax profits to an employee-led charitable foundation. As the founders wrote, “We wanted to create a company we could be proud of.”
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Written by Brian Pickett, Video by Sam Mayfield
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Tuesday, 23 February 2010 |
 Human rights activists from Vermont, New York and Israel interrupted a performance of the Israel Ballet at the Flynn Theater in Burlington, VT on Friday, February 19th, calling attention to the dance company’s complicity in Israeli war crimes. Using two banners that read “No Tutu is Big Enough to Cover Up War Crimes” and “Sponsored by Apartheid Israel”, the activists, who had purchased tickets to the show, positioned themselves in front of the stage during the opening scenes of the performance. |
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Written by Toward Freedom
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Tuesday, 23 February 2010 |
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Written by Beverly Bell
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Tuesday, 23 February 2010 |
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